The Elements of Avicenna's Physics: Greek Sources and Arabic Innovations

614 Pages·2018·3.023 MB·English

by  Andreas Lammer

Andreas Lammer
The Elements of Avicenna’s Physics
Scientia Graeco-Arabica
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Marwan Rashed
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Andreas Lammer
The Elements of
Avicenna’s Physics
Greek Sources and Arabic Innovations
In summer 2016, this study was accepted as a doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Philosophy,
Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion at LMU Munich.
The BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize for 2017 has been awarded to Andreas Lammer for this monograph.
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ISSN 1868-7172
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Contents
ListofAbbreviations|XI
ListofFiguresandTables|XII
Preface|XIII
Acknowledgements|XIX
Introduction|1
1 TheArabicFateofAristotle’sPhysics|9
1.1 TransmissionandTranslation|10
1.2 TheCommentatorsontheAristotelianText|20
1.3 OnAvicenna’sCopyofthePhysics|37
2 TheMethodologyofTeachingandLearning|43
2.1 TheMethodofPhysics|43
2.2 MethodandPrinciplesbetweenPhysicsandMetaphysics|81
3 TheSubject-MatterofPhysics|111
3.1 Body,Substance,andCorporeality|114
3.2 MatterandFormasCommonPrinciples|154
3.3 ChangeandanAdditionalPrinciple|201
4 NatureandPower|213
4.1 Nature,andSoul,intheGreekPhilosophicalTradition|213
4.2 Avicenna’sCommentaryonPhysicsII.1,192b20–23|225
4.3 Avicenna,andPhiloponus,onInclination|240
4.4 BadReadingsofAristotle|252
4.5 Avicenna’sAccountofNatureanditsRelationtoSoul|280
5 PuttingSurfaceBackintoPlace|307
5.1 ATroubledAccountofPlace|311
5.2 ClarifyingAristotle’sTroubledAccountofPlace|326
5.3 EliminatingVoidandSpace|367
6 TimeandTemporalityinthePhysicalWorld|429
6.1 ANewApproachtoanOldDefinition|431
6.2 TheBeforeandAfter|462
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6.3 ContinuityandtheCauseofTime|477
6.4 Avicenna’sNeoplatonicPeripateticism|509
6.5 The“FlowingNow”inAvicenna’sAccountofTime|515
Conclusion|525
Bibliography|533
Index|585